Is it permissible to give from Zakat funds to someone imprisoned on false charges who requests a lawyer for a large sum, and is such a person considered among those in debt (al-Gharimin)?
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It is permissible to give to a person who is unjustly imprisoned if he is poor and unable to appoint someone to defend him with his own money, so that he may then appoint a lawyer to defend him with the zakat money.
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